He’s the match; we’re the ammo. Only we can stop ourselves - Trump thread 86

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This is one of the most apt political cartoon I’ve seen.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3393501-Couldnt-think-of-a-pithy-quote-so-have-this-instead-Trump-85

Trumpettes.

www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/west-wing-insiders-brace-for-the-mueller-storm

Well, I guess the world did make it to the mid terms at least. It looked slightly dubious as to whether we would at times.

Good luck to all US friends.
I remember the very nice American I met at a train station in the middle of the Cotswolds when I was going to London for the anti-Trump march. He called over to his wife "Hey! Guess where this lady's going! we should pay her fare!".

Fate of Congress could be in California's hands

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fate-of-congress-could-be-in-california-s-hands-1362871363912

Maddow's take - it could take days or weeks to get the results. Arghh

Aaargh lack of capitalisation error

Aww that's lovely borntobequiet

Good luck everyone, keeping everything crossed for that Blue (and Pink) Wave.

Anyone know when we can start expecting exit polls?

That is sweet, borntobe quiet.

BBC has this useful guide: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46076102

18:00 EST (23:00 GMT) First polls close in Kentucky and Indiana

19:00 (00:00) Polls close in Florida and Georgia

20:00 (01:00) Polls close in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, DC, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire and South Dakota.

20:30 (01:30) Polls close in Arkansas

21:00 (02:00) Polls close in Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

22:00 (03:00) Polls close in Iowa, Nevada, zmontana, Utah, Idaho and North Dakota

23:00 (04:00) Polls close in California, Oregon and Washington

00:00 (05:00) Polls close in Hawaii and Alaska

slate.com/technology/2018/11/pro-trump-facebook-pages-viral-industry.html

Mueller.

nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/mueller-post-midterms-surprises.html?utm_source=tw

Long time lurker here, feeling nervous today as I remember listening to NPR in the car on the day of the Trump election thinking it couldn't possibly happen, and then it did.

If any of you are on instagram, I highly recommend following Jessica Yellin, former CNN correspondent, she does great instagram stories and has picked a few key races to watch.

Good luck to all US MNers today, let's hope decency and basic respect for other people prevails.

Welcome pinkground and I echo you

abc3340.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-he-regrets-the-tone-he-used-during-first-2-years-in-office

Far too little, far too late.

Desperation. He'll try anything. Even a half baked backtrack.

An Hour-By-Hour Guide For Normal People Watching Tonight's Election
How we make calls, what we're expecting, and what you can expect each hour. Also watch with us tonight on Twitter or on the BuzzFeed News homepage, starting at 7 p.m. ET.
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katherinemiller/midterms-watch-guide

Yes indeed, pink. 🙂

Gump Thank you for the 'calm place'. I will be 'going there' a lot today, I think.

CaveMum Thanks for the list of closing times. I tend to just to just think they all close at 8 pm (local time) like ours do here in CA.

DH says he can't handle this, isn't going to watch, and doesn't want to know until it's all over. He has his 'chill pills' to hand and I've told him I'll retreat to the bedroom about 3pm when the East Coast returns start rolling in. Of course, he'll do his usual thing of saying "I'm not watching" but then shout every 15 minutes shout "What's going on?" until I get tired of shouting back the results (and missing some as a result) and come back to the living room in a huff and change the channel. 😜

It's going to be a looonngg day!

Anyone know when we can start expecting exit polls?

Cavemum results (including exit polls) don't start rolling in until after the polls close. What I can't remember is (since this is not a presidential election) whether or not it's the 'last polls close' in HI & AK at 6pm local time or if it's the 'local polls close', in which case it would be around 3pm local time when KY and IN close.

The purpose of waiting is so voters in later time zones aren't discouraged from voting because the results look unfavourable or 'in the bag' based on results announced in earlier time zones.

www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/midterm-election-night-viewers-guide/index.html

Results will be announced based on local closing times. So start expecting results around 11-11.30 pm GMT.

Oh lord and hello pink.

Here's to a better tomorrow:

Pavlovitz.

johnpavlovitz.com/2018/08/07/you-cant-change-hatred-but-you-can-outvote-it/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=johnpavlovitz

Ex-pat Brit here but I've been reading all the wonderful posts here from the start.

So I'm delurking now to say good luck America and all you lovely folk that sail in her. I'm rooting for you.

I'm sorry for not keeping up at the back, as I'm sure you have already covered this on this and earlier threads, but I've only just realised that the electoral college holds no sway in the mid-terms (would that be because it is not a Presidential race this time?), or have I got that completely wrong? Because if if it is so, then every single vote is presumably even more important at this mid-term? (Please excuse me if I am talking through my hat, I also remember the utter disbelief at Trump's win in 2016, pink (much as I had felt at the outcome of the Brexit referendum earlier that year), and am looking for reasons for Trump and the GOP not to pull a win out of the hat this time round.)
On the one hand, I am heartened by all the #GOPVotingBlue tweets I'm seeing on Twitter, with people definitely putting country before party in their disgust at Trump and the GOP, but still amazed and saddened by the large numbers of #RedWave2018 tweets there are, too